Video decoder conformance for high dynamic range (hdr) video coding using a core video standard

ABSTRACT

In one example, a device for processing decoded video data a video decoder implemented by one or more hardware-based processing units comprising digital logic circuitry, and a postprocessing unit implemented by one or more hardware-based processing units comprising digital logic circuitry. The video decoder is configured to decode video data of a video bitsream according to a video coding standard, extract HDR postprocessing data from an SEI message of the video bitstream, and provide the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessing data to the postprocessing unit. The postprocessing unit is configured to process the decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing data according to the video coding standard. The device may additionally determine whether the video decoder is compliant with the video coding standard by comparing the processed video data with reference processed video data.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.62/222,147, filed Sep. 22, 2015, the entire content of which is herebyincorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This Disclosure Relates to Video Processing.

BACKGROUND

Digital video capabilities can be incorporated into a wide range ofdevices, including digital televisions, digital direct broadcastsystems, wireless broadcast systems, personal digital assistants (PDAs),laptop or desktop computers, tablet computers, e-book readers, digitalcameras, digital recording devices, digital media players, video gamingdevices, video game consoles, cellular or satellite radio telephones,so-called “smart phones,” video teleconferencing devices, videostreaming devices, and the like. Digital video devices implement videocoding techniques, such as those described in the standards defined byMPEG-2, MPEG-4, ITU-T H.263, ITU-T H.264/MPEG-4, Part 10, Advanced VideoCoding (AVC), ITU-T H.265, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), andextensions of such standards. The video devices may transmit, receive,encode, decode, and/or store digital video information more efficientlyby implementing such video coding techniques.

Video coding techniques include spatial (intra-picture) predictionand/or temporal (inter-picture) prediction to reduce or removeredundancy inherent in video sequences. For block-based video coding, avideo slice (e.g., a video frame or a portion of a video frame) may bepartitioned into video blocks, which may also be referred to astreeblocks, coding units (CUs) and/or coding nodes. Video blocks in anintra-coded (I) slice of a picture are encoded using spatial predictionwith respect to reference samples in neighboring blocks in the samepicture. Video blocks in an inter-coded (P or B) slice of a picture mayuse spatial prediction with respect to reference samples in neighboringblocks in the same picture or temporal prediction with respect toreference samples in other reference pictures. Pictures may be referredto as frames, and reference pictures may be referred to as referenceframes.

Spatial or temporal prediction results in a predictive block for a blockto be coded. Residual data represents pixel differences between theoriginal block to be coded and the predictive block. An inter-codedblock is encoded according to a motion vector that points to a block ofreference samples forming the predictive block, and the residual dataindicating the difference between the coded block and the predictiveblock. An intra-coded block is encoded according to an intra-coding modeand the residual data. For further compression, the residual data may betransformed from the pixel domain to a transform domain, resulting inresidual transform coefficients, which then may be quantized. Thequantized transform coefficients, initially arranged in atwo-dimensional array, may be scanned in order to produce aone-dimensional vector of transform coefficients, and entropy coding maybe applied to achieve even more compression.

SUMMARY

In general, this disclosure describes techniques that may be used todetermine whether a video decoder conforms to a video coding standard.Moreover, the techniques of this disclosure may generally be used toprocess decoded video data to prepare high dynamic range (HDR) videodata. Decoded video data may be postprocessed to form HDR video data ina variety of ways. For example, a client device may upsample chrominancedata of the decoded video data, e.g., from a 4:2:0 format to a 4:4:4format. The client device may additionally or alternatively inversequantize the decoded video data to achieve a higher bit depth. Theclient device may additionally or alternatively convert the decodedvideo data to a different color space, e.g., from a luminance andchrominance color space (such as YUV or Y′CbCr) to a red-green-blue(RGB) color space. The client device may additionally or alternativelyperform an electro-optical transfer function on the decoded video data,to produce high dynamic range (HDR) video data. In accordance with thetechniques of this disclosure, any or all of these postprocessingprocedures may be controlled using syntax elements of the coded videobitstream, such as a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message.Thus, the video decoder may extract HDR postprocessing data from the SEImessage and provide the extracted postprocessing data to one or morepost processing units. Furthermore, conformance with a video codingstandard may be tested following any or all of the postprocessingprocedures, e.g., any of the various postprocessing procedures discussedabove.

In one example, a method of processing decoded video data includesdecoding, by a video decoder, video data of a video bitstream accordingto a video coding standard, the video bitstream including a supplementalenhancement information (SEI) message including high dynamic range (HDR)postprocessing data for the decoded video data, extracting, by the videodecoder, the HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message, providing, bythe video decoder, the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessingdata to a postprocessing unit, and processing, by the postprocessingunit, the decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing data accordingto the video coding standard.

In another example, a device for processing decoded video data includesa memory configured to store video data of a video bitstream, the videobitstream including a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) messageincluding high dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data for the decodedvideo data; a video decoder implemented by one or more hardware-basedprocessing units comprising digital logic circuitry; and apostprocessing unit implemented by one or more hardware-based processingunits comprising digital logic circuitry. The video decoder isconfigured to decode the video data according to a video codingstandard, extract the HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message, andprovide the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessing data to thepostprocessing unit. The postprocessing unit is configured to processthe decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing data according tothe video coding standard.

In another example, a device for processing decoded video data includesmeans for decoding video data of a video bitstream according to a videocoding standard, the video bitstream including a supplementalenhancement information (SEI) message including high dynamic range (HDR)postprocessing data for the decoded video data, means for extracting theHDR postprocessing data from the SEI message, means for providing thedecoded video data and the HDR postprocessing data to postprocessingmeans, and the postprocessing means for processing the decoded videodata using the HDR postprocessing data according to the video codingstandard.

In another example, a computer-readable storage medium has storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause first one or moreprocessors executing a video decoder to decode video data of a videobitstream according to a video coding standard, the video bitstreamincluding a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message includinghigh dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data for the decoded video data,extract the HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message, and provide,by the video decoder, the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessingdata to a postprocessing unit executed by second one or more processors,and cause the second one or more processors executing the postprocessingunit to process the decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing dataaccording to the video coding standard.

The details of one or more examples are set forth in the accompanyingdrawings and the description below. Other features, objects, andadvantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and fromthe claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example video encoding anddecoding system configured to implement the techniques of thedisclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an encoding processfor HDR content from the linear high precision representation to thecompressed bitstream.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a decoding processfor HDR content.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating several examples of transferfunctions.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example single-layer HDRreconstruction process in accordance with the techniques of thisdisclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating example HDR pre-processingtechniques.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating how a decoder that claimsconformance to a particular profile is tested.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating another example of how adecoder that claims conformance to a particular profile is tested.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating another example of how adecoder that claims conformance to a particular profile is tested withmultiple conformance points (CPs).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example method in accordance withthe techniques of this disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This disclosure describes several techniques related to pre-processingand postprocessing high dynamic range (HDR) and/or wide color gamut(WCG) video data. In some examples, this disclosure describes techniquesfor processing HDR/WCG video data in accordance with a standard videocoded (encoder/decoder).

Video coding standards include ITU-T H.261, ISO/IEC MPEG-1 Visual, ITU-TH.262 or ISO/IEC MPEG-2 Visual, ITU-T H.263, ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Visual andITU-T H.264 (also known as ISO/IEC MPEG-4 AVC), including its ScalableVideo Coding (SVC) and Multi-view Video Coding (MVC) extensions.

In addition, the design of a new video coding standard, namely ITU-TH.265, HEVC, has been finalized by the Joint Collaboration Team on VideoCoding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and ISO/IECMotion Picture Experts Group (MPEG). The ITU-T HEVC standard isavailable as ITU-T H.265: High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), availableat www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265-201504-I/en. The finalized HEVC standarddocument is published as ITU-T H.265, Series H: Audiovisual andMultimedia Systems, Infrastructure of audiovisual services—Coding ofmoving video, High efficiency video coding, TelecommunicationStandardization Sector of International Telecommunication Union (ITU),April 2015.

The techniques of this disclosure may be applicable to a variety ofvideo coding standards, including but not limited to ITU-T H.264/AVC,ITU-T H.265/HEVC, and other standards that are involved in HDR video.The techniques of this disclosure may be used to determine compliancewith these or future video coding standards, or extensions to suchstandards.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example video encoding anddecoding system 10 that may utilize techniques of this disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 1, system 10 includes a source device 12 that providesencoded video data to be decoded at a later time by a destination device14. In particular, source device 12 provides the video data todestination device 14 via a computer-readable medium 16. Source device12 and destination device 14 may comprise any of a wide range ofdevices, including desktop computers, notebook (i.e., laptop) computers,tablet computers, set-top boxes, telephone handsets such as so-called“smart” phones, so-called “smart” pads, televisions, cameras, displaydevices, digital media players, video gaming consoles, video streamingdevice, or the like. In some cases, source device 12 and destinationdevice 14 may be equipped for wireless communication.

Destination device 14 may receive the encoded video data to be decodedvia computer-readable medium 16. Computer-readable medium 16 maycomprise any type of medium or device capable of moving the encodedvideo data from source device 12 to destination device 14. In oneexample, computer-readable medium 16 may comprise a communication mediumto enable source device 12 to transmit encoded video data directly todestination device 14 in real-time. The encoded video data may bemodulated according to a communication standard, such as a wirelesscommunication protocol, and transmitted to destination device 14. Thecommunication medium may comprise any wireless or wired communicationmedium, such as a radio frequency (RF) spectrum or one or more physicaltransmission lines. The communication medium may form part of apacket-based network, such as a local area network, a wide-area network,or a global network such as the Internet. The communication medium mayinclude routers, switches, base stations, or any other equipment thatmay be useful to facilitate communication from source device 12 todestination device 14.

In some examples, encoded data may be output from output interface 22 toa storage device. Similarly, encoded data may be accessed from thestorage device by input interface. The storage device may include any ofa variety of distributed or locally accessed data storage media such asa hard drive, Blu-ray discs, DVDs, CD-ROMs, flash memory, volatile ornon-volatile memory, or any other suitable digital storage media forstoring encoded video data. In a further example, the storage device maycorrespond to a file server or another intermediate storage device thatmay store the encoded video generated by source device 12. Destinationdevice 14 may access stored video data from the storage device viastreaming or download. The file server may be any type of server capableof storing encoded video data and transmitting that encoded video datato the destination device 14. Example file servers include a web server(e.g., for a website), an FTP server, network attached storage (NAS)devices, or a local disk drive. Destination device 14 may access theencoded video data through any standard data connection, including anInternet connection. This may include a wireless channel (e.g., a Wi-Ficonnection), a wired connection (e.g., DSL, cable modem, etc.), or acombination of both that is suitable for accessing encoded video datastored on a file server. The transmission of encoded video data from thestorage device may be a streaming transmission, a download transmission,or a combination thereof.

The techniques of this disclosure are not necessarily limited towireless applications or settings. The techniques may be applied tovideo coding in support of any of a variety of multimedia applications,such as over-the-air television broadcasts, cable televisiontransmissions, satellite television transmissions, Internet streamingvideo transmissions, such as dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP(DASH), digital video that is encoded onto a data storage medium,decoding of digital video stored on a data storage medium, or otherapplications. In some examples, system 10 may be configured to supportone-way or two-way video transmission to support applications such asvideo streaming, video playback, video broadcasting, and/or videotelephony.

In the example of FIG. 1, source device 12 includes video source 18,video encoding unit 21, which includes video preprocessor unit 19 andvideo encoder 20, and output interface 22. Destination device 14includes input interface 28, video decoding unit 29, which includesvideo decoder 30 and video postprocessor unit 31, and display device 32.Video preprocessor unit 19 and video postprocessor unit 31 may beconfigured to apply portions of one or more example techniques asdescribed in this disclosure. In other examples, a source device and adestination device may include other components or arrangements. Forexample, source device 12 may receive video data from an external videosource 18, such as an external camera. Likewise, destination device 14may interface with an external display device, rather than including anintegrated display device.

In accordance with the techniques of this disclosure, as discussed ingreater detail below, video decoder 30 may receive a bitstream includingcoded video data and one or more supplemental enhancement information(SEI) messages including high dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data.The HDR postprocessing data may include, for example, data forupsampling 4:2:0 chroma format data to a 4:4:4 chroma format, data forinverse quantizing samples to a full bit depth, data for convertingvideo data in a luminance and chrominance (e.g., Y′CbCr) color space toa red-green-blue (RGB) color space, data for performing a transformfunction, or the like.

Video decoder 30 may extract HDR postprocessing data from the SEImessage(s) and pass the HDR postprocessing data to video postprocessingunit 31. Video postprocessing unit 31, in turn, may prepare HDR videodata from decoded video data received from video decoder 30. In thismanner, the techniques of this disclosure may support HDR video data.

The illustrated system 10 of FIG. 1 is merely one example. Techniquesfor processing video data may be performed by any digital video encodingand/or decoding device. Although generally the techniques of thisdisclosure are performed by a video encoding device, the techniques mayalso be performed by a video encoder/decoder, typically referred to as a“CODEC.” For ease of description, the disclosure is described withrespect to video preprocessor unit 19 and video postprocessor unit 31performing the example techniques described in this disclosure inrespective ones of source device 12 and destination device 14. Sourcedevice 12 and destination device 14 are merely examples of such codingdevices in which source device 12 generates coded video data fortransmission to destination device 14. In some examples, devices 12, 14may operate in a substantially symmetrical or reciprocal manner suchthat each of devices 12, 14 include video encoding and decodingcomponents. Hence, system 10 may support one-way or two-way videotransmission between video devices 12, 14, e.g., for video streaming,video playback, video broadcasting, or video telephony.

Video source 18 of source device 12 may include a video capture device,such as a video camera, a video archive containing previously capturedvideo, and/or a video feed interface to receive video from a videocontent provider. As a further alternative, video source 18 may generatecomputer graphics-based data as the source video, or a combination oflive video, archived video, and computer-generated video. In some cases,if video source 18 is a video camera, source device 12 and destinationdevice 14 may form so-called camera phones or video phones. As mentionedabove, however, the techniques described in this disclosure may beapplicable to video coding in general, and may be applied to wirelessand/or wired applications. In each case, the captured, pre-captured, orcomputer-generated video may be encoded by video encoding unit 21. Theencoded video information may then be output by output interface 22 ontoa computer-readable medium 16.

Computer-readable medium 16 may include transient media, such as awireless broadcast or wired network transmission, or storage media (thatis, non-transitory storage media), such as a hard disk, flash drive,compact disc, digital video disc, Blu-ray disc, or othercomputer-readable media. In some examples, a network server (not shown)may receive encoded video data from source device 12 and provide theencoded video data to destination device 14, e.g., via networktransmission. Similarly, a computing device of a medium productionfacility, such as a disc stamping facility, may receive encoded videodata from source device 12 and produce a disc containing the encodedvideo data. Therefore, computer-readable medium 16 may be understood toinclude one or more computer-readable media of various forms, in variousexamples.

Input interface 28 of destination device 14 receives information fromcomputer-readable medium 16. The information of computer-readable medium16 may include syntax information defined by video encoder 20 of videoencoding unit 21, which is also used by video decoder 30 of videodecoding unit 29, that includes syntax elements that describecharacteristics and/or processing of blocks and other coded units ofvideo data. Display device 32 displays the decoded video data to a user,and may comprise any of a variety of display devices such as a liquidcrystal display (LCD), a plasma display, an organic light emitting diode(OLED) display, or another type of display device.

As illustrated, video preprocessor unit 19 receives the video data fromvideo source 18. Video preprocessor unit 19 may be configured to processthe video data to convert it into a form that can is suitable forencoding with video encoder 20. For example, video preprocessor unit 19may perform dynamic range compacting (e.g., using a non-linear transferfunction), color conversion to a more compact or robust color space,and/or floating-to-integer representation conversion. Video encoder 20may perform video encoding on the video data outputted by videopreprocessor unit 19. Video decoder 30 may perform the inverse of videoencoder 20 to decode video data, and video postprocessor unit 31 mayperform the inverse of video preprocessor unit 19 to convert the videodata into a form suitable for display. For instance, video postprocessorunit 31 may perform integer-to-floating conversion, color conversionfrom the compact or robust color space, and/or the inverse of thedynamic range compacting to generate video data suitable for display.

Video encoding unit 21 and video decoding unit 29 each may beimplemented as any of a variety of suitable encoder circuitry, such asone or more microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs),application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmablegate arrays (FPGAs), discrete logic, software, hardware, firmware or anycombinations thereof. When the techniques are implemented partially insoftware, a device may store instructions for the software in asuitable, non-transitory computer-readable medium and execute theinstructions in hardware using one or more processors to perform thetechniques of this disclosure. Each of video encoding unit 21 and videodecoding unit 29 may be included in one or more encoders or decoders,either of which may be integrated as part of a combined encoder/decoder(CODEC) in a respective device.

Although video preprocessor unit 19 and video encoder 20 are illustratedas being separate units within video encoding unit 21 and videopostprocessor unit 31 and video decoder 30 are illustrated as beingseparate units within video decoding unit 29, the techniques describedin this disclosure are not so limited. Video preprocessor unit 19 andvideo encoder 20 may be formed as a common device (e.g., integratedcircuit or housed within the same chip). Similarly, video postprocessorunit 31 and video decoder 30 may be formed as a common device (e.g.,integrated circuit or housed within the same chip).

Video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 operate according to a videocompression standard, such as any of the video coding standardsdescribed above. In HEVC and other video coding standards, a videosequence typically includes a series of pictures. Pictures may also bereferred to as “frames.” A picture may include three sample arrays,denoted S_(L), S_(Cb), and S_(Cr). S_(L) is a two-dimensional array(i.e., a block) of luma samples. S_(Cb) is a two-dimensional array of Cbchrominance samples. S_(Cr) is a two-dimensional array of Cr chrominancesamples. Chrominance samples may also be referred to herein as “chroma”samples. In other instances, a picture may be monochrome and may onlyinclude an array of luma samples.

Video encoder 20 may generate a set of coding tree units (CTUs). Each ofthe CTUs may comprise a coding tree block of luma samples, twocorresponding coding tree blocks of chroma samples, and syntaxstructures used to code the samples of the coding tree blocks. In amonochrome picture or a picture that has three separate color planes, aCTU may comprise a single coding tree block and syntax structures usedto code the samples of the coding tree block. A coding tree block may bean N×N block of samples. A CTU may also be referred to as a “tree block”or a “largest coding unit” (LCU). The CTUs of HEVC may be broadlyanalogous to the macroblocks of other video coding standards, such asH.264/AVC. However, a CTU is not necessarily limited to a particularsize and may include one or more coding units (CUs). A slice may includean integer number of CTUs ordered consecutively in the raster scan.

This disclosure may use the term “video unit” or “video block” to referto one or more blocks of samples and syntax structures used to codesamples of the one or more blocks of samples. Example types of videounits may include CTUs, CUs, PUs, transform units (TUs) in HEVC, ormacroblocks, macroblock partitions, and so on in other video codingstandards.

Video encoder 20 may partition a coding block of a CU into one or moreprediction blocks. A prediction block may be a rectangular (i.e., squareor non-square) block of samples on which the same prediction is applied.A prediction unit (PU) of a CU may comprise a prediction block of lumasamples, two corresponding prediction blocks of chroma samples of apicture, and syntax structures used to predict the prediction blocksamples. In a monochrome picture or a picture that have three separatecolor planes, a PU may comprise a single prediction block and syntaxstructures used to predict the prediction block samples. Video encoder20 may generate predictive luma, Cb and Cr blocks for luma, Cb and Crprediction blocks of each PU of the CU.

Video encoder 20 may use intra prediction or inter prediction togenerate the predictive blocks for a PU. If video encoder 20 uses intraprediction to generate the predictive blocks of a PU, video encoder 20may generate the predictive blocks of the PU based on decoded samples ofthe picture associated with the PU. If video encoder 20 uses interprediction to generate the predictive blocks of a PU, video encoder 20may generate the predictive blocks of the PU based on decoded samples ofanother picture.

After video encoder 20 generates predictive luma, Cb, and Cr blocks forone or more PUs of a CU, video encoder 20 may generate a luma residualblock for the CU. Each sample in the CU's luma residual block indicatesa difference between a luma sample in one of the CU's predictive lumablocks and a corresponding sample in the CU's original luma codingblock. In addition, video encoder 20 may generate a Cb residual blockfor the CU. Each sample in the CU's Cb residual block may indicate adifference between a Cb sample in one of the CU's predictive Cb blocksand a corresponding sample in the CU's original Cb coding block. Videoencoder 20 may also generate a Cr residual block for the CU. Each samplein the CU's Cr residual block may indicate a difference between a Crsample in one of the CU's predictive Cr blocks and a correspondingsample in the CU's original Cr coding block.

Furthermore, video encoder 20 may use quad-tree partitioning todecompose the luma, Cb and, Cr residual blocks of a CU into one or moreluma, Cb, and Cr transform blocks. A transform block may be arectangular block of samples on which the same transform is applied. Atransform unit (TU) of a CU may comprise a transform block of lumasamples, two corresponding transform blocks of chroma samples, andsyntax structures used to transform the transform block samples. In amonochrome picture or a picture that has three separate color planes, aTU may comprise a single transform block and syntax structures used totransform the transform block samples. Thus, each TU of a CU may beassociated with a luma transform block, a Cb transform block, and a Crtransform block. The luma transform block associated with the TU may bea sub-block of the CU's luma residual block. The Cb transform block maybe a sub-block of the CU's Cb residual block. The Cr transform block maybe a sub-block of the CU's Cr residual block.

Video encoder 20 may apply one or more transforms to a luma transformblock of a TU to generate a luma coefficient block for the TU. Acoefficient block may be a two-dimensional array of transformcoefficients. A transform coefficient may be a scalar quantity. Videoencoder 20 may apply one or more transforms to a Cb transform block of aTU to generate a Cb coefficient block for the TU. Video encoder 20 mayapply one or more transforms to a Cr transform block of a TU to generatea Cr coefficient block for the TU.

After generating a coefficient block (e.g., a luma coefficient block, aCb coefficient block or a Cr coefficient block), video encoder 20 mayquantize the coefficient block. Quantization generally refers to aprocess in which transform coefficients are quantized to possibly reducethe amount of data used to represent the transform coefficients,providing further compression. Furthermore, video encoder 20 may inversequantize transform coefficients and apply an inverse transform to thetransform coefficients in order to reconstruct transform blocks of TUsof CUs of a picture. Video encoder 20 may use the reconstructedtransform blocks of TUs of a CU and the predictive blocks of PUs of theCU to reconstruct coding blocks of the CU. By reconstructing the codingblocks of each CU of a picture, video encoder 20 may reconstruct thepicture. Video encoder 20 may store reconstructed pictures in a decodedpicture buffer (DPB). Video encoder 20 may use reconstructed pictures inthe DPB for inter prediction and intra prediction.

After video encoder 20 quantizes a coefficient block, video encoder 20may entropy encode syntax elements that indicate the quantized transformcoefficients. For example, video encoder 20 may perform Context-AdaptiveBinary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) on the syntax elements indicating thequantized transform coefficients. Video encoder 20 may output theentropy-encoded syntax elements in a bitstream.

Video encoder 20 may output a bitstream that includes a sequence of bitsthat forms a representation of coded pictures and associated data. Thebitstream may comprise a sequence of network abstraction layer (NAL)units. Each of the NAL units includes a NAL unit header and encapsulatesa raw byte sequence payload (RBSP). The NAL unit header may include asyntax element that indicates a NAL unit type code. The NAL unit typecode specified by the NAL unit header of a NAL unit indicates the typeof the NAL unit. A RBSP may be a syntax structure containing an integernumber of bytes that is encapsulated within a NAL unit. In someinstances, an RBSP includes zero bits.

Different types of NAL units may encapsulate different types of RBSPs.For example, a first type of NAL unit may encapsulate a RBSP for apicture parameter set (PPS), a second type of NAL unit may encapsulate aRBSP for a coded slice, a third type of NAL unit may encapsulate a RBSPfor Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI), and so on. A PPS is asyntax structure that may contain syntax elements that apply to zero ormore entire coded pictures. NAL units that encapsulate RBSPs for videocoding data (as opposed to RBSPs for parameter sets and SEI messages)may be referred to as video coding layer (VCL) NAL units. A NAL unitthat encapsulates a coded slice may be referred to herein as a codedslice NAL unit. A RBSP for a coded slice may include a slice header andslice data.

Video decoder 30 may receive a bitstream. In addition, video decoder 30may parse the bitstream to decode syntax elements from the bitstream.Video decoder 30 may reconstruct the pictures of the video data based atleast in part on the syntax elements decoded from the bitstream. Theprocess to reconstruct the video data may be generally reciprocal to theprocess performed by video encoder 20. For instance, video decoder 30may use motion vectors of PUs to determine predictive blocks for the PUsof a current CU. Video decoder 30 may use a motion vector or motionvectors of PUs to generate predictive blocks for the PUs.

In addition, video decoder 30 may inverse quantize coefficient blocksassociated with TUs of the current CU. Video decoder 30 may performinverse transforms on the coefficient blocks to reconstruct transformblocks associated with the TUs of the current CU. Video decoder 30 mayreconstruct the coding blocks of the current CU by adding the samples ofthe predictive sample blocks for PUs of the current CU to correspondingsamples of the transform blocks of the TUs of the current CU. Byreconstructing the coding blocks for each CU of a picture, video decoder30 may reconstruct the picture. Video decoder 30 may store decodedpictures in a decoded picture buffer for output and/or for use indecoding other pictures.

Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) messages are included invideo bitstreams, typically to carry information that are not essentialin order to decode the bitstream by the decoder. This information isuseful in improving the display or processing of the decoded output;e.g., such information could be used by decoder-side entities to improvethe viewability of the content. It is also possible that certainapplication standards could mandate the presence of such SEI messages inthe bitstream so that the improvement in quality can be brought to alldevices that conform to the application standard (the carriage of theframe-packing SEI message for frame-compatible plano-stereoscopic 3DTVvideo format, where the SEI message is carried for every frame of thevideo, e.g., as described in ETSI-TS 101 547-2, Digital VideoBroadcasting (DVB) Plano-stereoscopic 3DTV; Part 2: Frame compatibleplano-stereoscopic 3DTV, handling of recovery point SEI message, e.g.,as described in 3GPP TS 26.114 v13.0.0, 3rd Generation PartnershipProject; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; IPMultimedia Subsystem (IMS); Multimedia Telephony; Media handling andinteraction (Release 13), or use of pan-scan scan rectangle SEI messagein DVB, e.g., as described in ETSI-TS 101 154, Digital VideoBroadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and Audio Codingin Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream.

The tone-mapping information SEI message is used to map luma samples, oreach of RGB component samples. Different values of tone_map_id are usedto define different purposes, and the syntax of the tone-map SEI messageis also modified accordingly. A value of 1 for the tone_map_id allowsthe SEI message to clip the RGB samples to a minimum and a maximumvalue. A value of 3 for the tone_map_id allows the signaling of a lookup table in the form of pivot points. However, when applied, the samevalues are applied to all RGB components, or only applied to the lumacomponent.

The knee function SEI message is used to indicate the mapping of the RGBcomponents of the decoded pictures in the normalized linear domain. Theinput and output maximum luminance values are also indicated, and alook-up table maps the input luminance values to the output luminancevalues. The same look-up table is applied to all the three colorcomponents.

The color remapping information (CRI) SEI message defined in the HEVCstandard is used to convey information that is used to map pictures inone color space to another. In one example, the syntax of the CRI SEImessage includes three parts—first look-up table (Pre-LUT), followed bya 3×3 matrix indicating color remapping coefficients, followed by asecond look-up table (Post-LUT). For each color component, e.g., R,G,Bor Y,Cb,Cr, independent LUT is defined for both, Pre-LUT and Post-LUT.The CRI SEI message also includes syntax element called colour_remap_id,different values of which may be used to indicate different purposes ofthe SEI message.

The dynamic range adjustment SEI message, e.g., as described in D.Bugdayci Sansli, A. K. Ramasubramonian, D. Rusanovskyy, S. Lee, J. Sole,M. Karczewicz, Dynamic range adjustment SEI message, m36330, MPEGmeeting, Warsaw, Poland, 22-26 Jun., 2015, has not been adopted as partof any video coding standard; however, the SEI message includessignaling of one set of scale and offset numbers to map the inputsamples. The SEI message also allows the signaling of different look-uptables for different components, and also allows for signalingoptimization when the same scale and offset are to be used for more thanone component. The scale and offset numbers are signaled in fixed lengthaccuracy.

Next generation video applications are anticipated to operate with videodata representing captured scenery with HDR and WCG. Parameters of theutilized dynamic range and color gamut are two independent attributes ofvideo content, and their specification for purposes of digitaltelevision and multimedia services are defined by several internationalstandards. For example, ITU-R Rec. 709 defines parameters for HDTV (highdefinition television), such as Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) andstandard color gamut. On the other hand, ITU-R Rec. 2020 specifies UHDTV(ultra-high definition television) parameters such as high dynamic range(HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG). There are also other standardsdeveloping organization (SDOs) documents that specify dynamic range andcolor gamut attributes in other systems, e.g., P3 color gamut is definedin SMPTE-231-2 (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) andsome parameters of HDR are defined in STMPTE-2084. A brief descriptionof dynamic range is provided below.

Dynamic range is typically defined as the ratio between the minimum andmaximum brightness of the video signal. Dynamic range may also bemeasured in terms of ‘f-stop,’ where one f-stop corresponds to adoubling of the signal dynamic range. In MPEG's definition, HDR contentis such content that features brightness variation with more than 16f-stops. In some terms, levels between 10 and 16 f-stops are consideredas intermediate dynamic range, but may be considered HDR in otherdefinitions. At the same time, the human visual system (HVS) is capableof perceiving much larger dynamic range. However, the HVS includes anadaptation mechanism to narrow a so-called simultaneous range.

Current video applications and services are regulated by Rec.709 andprovide SDR, typically supporting a range of brightness (or luminance)of around 0.1 to 100 candelas (cd) per m² (often referred to as “nits”),leading to less than 10 f-stops. The next generation video services areexpected to provide dynamic range of up-to 16 f-stops, and although adetailed specification is currently under development, some initialparameters have been specified in SMPTE-2084 and Rec. 2020.

High dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG) are two attributesof video content. Some example techniques for encoding/decoding HDR/WCGvideo content use a core video codec (e.g., H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC)with input bit-depth of 10-bits or more and with additionalpre-/postprocessing steps. Pre-processing is applied to the inputHDR/WCG video data to make such data conformant to the codec.Postprocessing is applied to the decoded samples to recover the(reconstructed) HDR/WCG video data. Between the pre- and postprocessingthere is a standard codec with a bitstream and decoder conforming to aspecific profile and level of the standard being executed by the corevideo codec. In one example, the core video codec is HEVC Main 10.

In some examples, HDR/WCG video content is acquired and stored at a veryhigh precision per component (even floating point), with the 4:4:4chroma format and a very wide color space (e.g., XYZ). Thisrepresentation targets high precision and is (almost) mathematicallylossless. For compression purposes, a representation with lowerprecision is preferable, especially when the representation isconvenient as input for video codecs like HEVC.

In this manner, destination device 14 represents an example of a devicefor processing decoded video data that includes a memory configured tostore video data of a video bitstream, the video bitstream including asupplemental enhancement information (SEI) message includingpostprocessing data for the decoded video data; a video decoderimplemented by one or more hardware-based processing units comprisingdigital logic circuitry (e.g., video decoder 30); and a postprocessingunit implemented by one or more hardware-based processing unitscomprising digital logic circuitry (e.g., video postprocessor unit 31).The video decoder may be configured to decode the video data, extractthe HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message, and provide thedecoded video data and the HDR postprocessing data to the postprocessingunit. The postprocessing unit may be configured to process the decodedvideo data using the HDR postprocessing data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating components of video preprocessorunit 19 of FIG. 1, which may convert HDR content from the linear highprecision representation to a format used when encoding video data toform a compressed bitstream. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustratingcomponents of video postprocessor unit 31 of FIG. 1, which may convertthe decompressed video data back to the original representation space(i.e., HDR video).

Video preprocessor unit 19 of FIG. 2 includes OETF unit 50, while videopostprocessor unit 31 of FIG. 3 includes EOTF unit 68. OETF unit 50 andEOTF unit 68 implement respective Transfer Functions (TFs). OETF unit 50converts linear floating data with an opto-electrical transfer function(OETF) from the luminance representation (e.g., in nits, or innormalized luminance representation) to code words (or code levels). TheTF may be a one-dimensional (1-D) function. The standard dynamic range(SDR) TF is typically a gamma function. For HDR, other non-linearfunctions like PQ (ST 2084) may be used, in addition or in thealternative. The goal of the transfer function is to compand the inputdata accounting for human visual system (HVS) characteristics, whichhave a perception more aligned with a log-function of the luminance (asopposed to a linear relationship).

EOTF unit 68 of FIG. 3 performs the inverse process of the OETF, thatis, the EOTF (electro-optical transfer function). By performing theEOTF, EOTF unit 68 maps the code levels back to luminance. FIG. 4 belowillustrates several examples of TFs. These mappings may also be appliedto each R, G and B component separately.

Video preprocessor unit 19 of FIG. 2 includes R′G′B′ to Y′CbCr unit 52,while video postprocessor unit 31 of FIG. 3 includes Y′CbCr to R′G′B′unit 66, each of which performs a respective color transform. The RGBcolor space has high correlation among its components. In the example ofFIG. 2, R′G′B′ to Y′CbCr unit 52 converts the RGB components to YCbCr,which is a more uncorrelated color space that is suitable forcompression. Likewise, Y′CbCr to R′G′B′ unit 66 converts the YCbCrcomponents to respective RGB components, which can be displayed by,e.g., display device 32 (FIG. 1).

Quantization (“quant”) 10 b unit 54 of FIG. 2 and inverse quantization(“inv quant”) 10 b unit 64 of FIG. 3 perform respective quantization/fixpoint conversions. Quant 10 b unit 54 converts the original data at highbit-depth (floating or fixed point) to a bit-depth that can be handledby the video codecs, e.g., video encoder 20 and video decoder 30. Forexample, quant 10 b unit 54 may scale the data and quantize the scaleddata to be represented with 10-bits, so as to code the data with HEVC10-bit encoding. Conversely, inv quant 10 b unit 64 inverse quantizesand scales the data to reproduce a full bit range.

Video preprocessor unit 19 includes 4:4:4 to 4:2:0 unit 56, whichperforms down-sampling, while video postprocessor unit 31 includes 4:2:0to 4:4:4 unit 62, which performs up-sampling. Many video codingapplications have been using the 4:2:0 chroma format, since it isgenerally the case that down-sampling the chroma components by 2 on eachdirection doesn't have subjective visual impact, while the amount ofdata is already divided by a factor of 2 before codec compression. ForHDR/WCG, that observation still seems to hold, and in the initialsystems the codec is fed video represented in a 4:2:0 chroma format. Inthis way, HEVC Main 10 profile might be used to compress HDR/WCG video.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another example videopostprocessor unit 31′, which performs an alternative coding chaincompared to the example of FIG. 3. In this example, video postprocessorunit 31′ includes adaptive reshaping unit 70, chroma upsampling unit 72,color enhancement unit 74, color space conversion unit 76, and adaptiveTF′ 78. Video postprocessor unit 31′ also receives metadata includingadaptive reshaping metastream 80, color enhancement metastream 82, andcolor space metastream 84.

As described in the MPEG Ad Hoc group on HDR/WCG (w15454), there are aseries of ‘common architectures’ for HDR. FIG. 5 represents an examplecommon architecture for HDR. Chroma up sampling unit 72 is notnecessarily part of the technology for HDR. The HDR output data may beexpressed in floating point values. In some examples of the disclosure,an inverse quantization step may be used with the architecture shown inFIG. 5, e.g., as shown in FIG. 3.

Conformance in Video Coding Standards. A video decoder is tested forconformance by delivering a conforming bitstream to the decoder and tothe hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) and comparing the values andtiming or order of the output of the two decoders. A decoder is said toconform to the AVC or HEVC specification, for example, when all croppeddecoded pictures output by the HRD are also output by the decoder undertest. That is, the values of all samples that are output are equal tothe values of the samples produced by the specified decoding process.Conformance guarantees the quality of the decoded video. The decodedvideo is ‘bit-exact’ to the HRD.

The conformance point in example video coding standards (MPEG-1, MPEG-2,H.261, H.263, AVC, HEVC . . . ) has been the HRD output buffer ofreconstructed coded frames (with the appropriate chroma format at aninteger bit depth) and their timing implied by the HRD model or thehigher level STD (MPEG-2 Transport streams). There has not been aconformance model with a 4:2:0 video codec at the core that includes aconformance point on the video signal prior to 4:2:0 (such as a 4:4:4source) or anything other than the post loop filter 4:2:0 output.

Converting from the 4:4:4 chroma format to a 4:2:0 chroma format andback employs down- and up-sampling filters. The performance of thisprocess can be sensitive to the selected down- and up-sampling filtersand to the content characteristics. Adaptive scaling methods are used tochange the filters depending on the local characteristics of thecontent, so that the scaling performs well for each type of region,e.g., on smooth areas, edges, textures, etc. Many manufacturers useproprietary methods to obtain the best quality for their devices (TV,monitors, etc.) and as a way to differentiate from competitors.Therefore, video coding standards do not impose any specific up-samplingfilters that shall be applied at the decoder/receiver side. At most,there is the example of the ‘Chroma Resampling Hint SEI (supplementalenhancement information)’, which is the HEVC/AVC carriage for SMPTERP-2050 that is a recommendation that defines a method of 4:2:2/4:2:0and 4:2:0/4:2:2 format conversion to provide non-degraded 4:2:0 chromaprotection in concatenated operations.

However, the up-sampling filters to be applied to the 4:2:0 decodedsamples should be defined in order to have conformance for HDR system asdefined here, since the input and output are in the 4:4:4 chroma format.This poses a problem on how to standardize an HDR video compressionsystem that has to define conformance points for the decoders compliantto the standard.

Another aspect is the floating point operations, which are generallyavoided in standards because they are very dependent on the specificarchitecture. For example, MPEG-1 and 2 define an inverse DCT infloating point (IEEE 1180) that caused drift on decoders that could notuse the specified floating point operations. A statistically-orientedstandard, ANSI/IEEE 1180-1990, specified the accuracy for a compliant8×8 IDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform). The drift caused departurefrom the expected output and quality could not be guaranteed. MPEG-1required a maximum number of frames between I-frames due to, amongothers, the accumulation of inverse DCT errors in low-precisionimplementations most common in hardware decoders. ANSI/IEEE 1180-1990has not been popular, including being twice administratively withdrawn,notwithstanding that the standard has been continuously referenced bythe MPEG family of standards until the fixed-point inverse DCT wasdefined for video decoding.

In this respect, requiring floating points operations in the videocoding standard can be problematic, as it imposes a high bar ofprecision on all the implementation of the standard. HDR, as definedherein in some examples, has an inverse quantization step from 10-bitsto floating point, and then the data is processed in the floating pointdomain (e.g., inverse TF, color conversion).

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating an example HDR pre-process, whichmay essentially be performed by, e.g., video preprocessing unit 19 ofFIGS. 1 and 2. In the example of FIG. 6, initially, a camera (such asvideo source 18 of FIG. 1) captures linear primary values in a limitedrange (90). Video preprocessor unit 19 may then perform a noisereduction and de-Bayer input device transform (IDT) (92), which mayremove isolated level values below a defined noise floor and scale pixelvalues to a full dynamic range according to camera aperture metadata.Video preprocessor unit 19 may then perform a color timing and gradingprocess, which may include, for example, a look modification transform(LMT), a reference rendering transform (RRT), or the like (94). Toperform the color timing and grading process, video preprocessor unit 19may receive data from mastering monitor 96. In general, this processestablishes a desired look and performs a device-level rendering.

Next, OETF unit 50 of video preprocessing unit 19 may perform the OETF,which may include converting the linear input data according to a PQcurve via an output device transform (ODT) (98), e.g., as shown in FIG.4. Then, R′G′B′ to Y′CbCr unit 52 may convert the input R′G′B′ data toY′CbCr data using a color space conversion (100). 4:4:4 to 4:2:0 unit 56may then perform chroma resampling to reduce the 4:4:4 input data to4:2:0 data (102). Video preprocessing unit 19 may then convert floatingpoint values to integer samples (104).

Alternative implementations could conduct a postprocessing chain infixed point arithmetic which would approximate accuracy of the floatingpoint operations. In such solutions, the inverse quantization of thedata to floating point representation may be avoided if a floating-pointoutput is not required, or may be located at the end of the processingchain, if such output is required.

International standardization bodies (e.g., MPEG) do not appear to havespecified implementation of the postprocessing chain, e.g., processingfor SEI messages, or precision of its implementations. This may lead tosituations where a device which claims to be compliant to a certainstandardization specification would provide inadequate quality ofservice due to fact that implementation of postprocessing was conductedat an insufficient accuracy of representation.

There are two main issues relating to defining conformance points tospecific profiles and levels of an HDR standard using a core videocodec:

1. Chroma up-sampling filters

2. Floating point operations

This disclosure describes techniques that may be used to overcome theseissues in order to define conformance points. In particular, thisdisclosure describes several techniques that address the issues above,thus allowing specification of an HDR standard using postprocessing anda core codec (e.g., HEVC Main 10). It should be understood that thetechniques of this disclosure may be used with other core codecs. Also,it should be understood that each of the techniques described below maybe used independently, or may be used in any combination with any othercombination of techniques described below.

HDR-conformant bitstreams. A bitstream is said to be conforming to acertain HDR-profile at level L and tier T if it satisfies the followingconditions:

-   -   The bitstream is compatible with HEVC Main 10 at level L and        tier T    -   The bitstream contains a first SEI message that specifies the        look-up table coefficients that specify how the three components        (e.g., RGB, YCbCr, YUV, etc.) of the directed decoded samples        are mapped.

In one example, a first SEI message is specified as one among, but notlimited to, the following list: component scaling SEI message, colourremapping information SEI, dynamic range adjustment SEI message, and theimplementation of the look-up table is specified by the semantics of theSEI message as applied directly on the output of the decoded pictures.

In another example, the bitstream is said to be conforming to certainHDR profiles based on the presence of a second, third and fourth SEImessage that specify variables related to upsampling, colour conversionand application of an inverse transfer function. Several alternatives ofthe profiles of HDR conformant decoders are given below.

HDR-conformant decoders. A decoder that is said to conform to a HDRprofile for a certain level L and tier T shall decode all bitstreamsthat are conforming to HDR profile of level L and tier T and provideidentical output (in terms of pixel values of the cropped outputpictures that are mapped using the look-up table) as the output of a HRDof a HEVC Main 10 compliant decoder that has been mapped using thelook-up table specified by the first SEI message.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example standards compliancedevice that determines whether a video decoder under test 122 complieswith a particular video coding standard, or a particular profile of avideo coding standard. To conform, a video decoder must decode a videobitstream for a particular video coding standard (potentially also for aparticular profile of the video coding standard, such as an HDR profileof HEVC), and in doing so, produce the same sample values for each pixelposition in the output pictures after postprocessing using a look-uptable as obtained after application of the look-up table to the outputof a reference video decoder (e.g., the HRD).

In this example, standards compliance device 120 includes video decoderunder test 122, postprocessing unit 144 including look-up table 124,reference video decoder 126, postprocessing unit 146 including look-uptable 128, and comparison unit 130. Although shown within a singlestandards compliance device 120, it should be understood that in otherexamples, video decoder under test 122, reference video decoder 126, andcomparison unit 130 may correspond to separate devices.

In this example, video decoder under test 122 and reference videodecoder 126 both receive the same input. Reference video decoder 126represents a model video decoder for a particular video coding standard.Both video decoder under test 122 and reference video decoder 126receive a video bitstream including an SEI message includingpostprocessing data. The SEI message may include, for example,upsampling coefficients to be used to upsample 4:2:0 format video datato a 4:4:4 format.

In this example, video decoder under test 122 decodes video data of thereceived video bitstream. Video decoder under test 122 passes decodedvideo data 134 (which may also be cropped) to postprocessing unit 144.In addition, video decoder under test 122 extracts the postprocessingdata from the SEI message and passes postprocessing data 132 topostprocessing unit 144. Postprocessing unit 144 constructs look-uptable 124 using postprocessing data 132, and then postprocesses decodedvideo data 134 using look-up table 124, forming postprocessed decodedvideo data under test 140.

Similarly, reference video decoder 126 decodes video data of thereceived video bitstream. Reference video decoder 126 passes decodedvideo data 138 (which may also be cropped) to postprocessing unit 146.In addition, reference video decoder 126 extracts the postprocessingdata from the SEI message and passes postprocessing data 136 topostprocessing unit 146. Postprocessing unit 146 constructs look-uptable 128 using postprocessing data 136, and then postprocesses decodedvideo data 138 using look-up table 128, forming reference postprocesseddecoded video data 142.

Comparison unit 130 then compares postprocessed decoded video data undertest 140 to reference postprocessed decoded video data 142. In someexamples, this comparison may include determining whether pixels ofpictures and picture output orders of postprocessed decoded video dataunder test 140 and reference postprocessed decoded video data 142 matchidentically. In some examples, this comparison may allow for a certainmargin of error (e.g., a predefined threshold error) between pixels ofpictures of postprocessed decoded video data under test 140 andreference postprocessed decoded video data 142. In any case, comparisonunit 130 may determine that of postprocessed decoded video data undertest 140 matches reference postprocessed decoded video data 142 when,e.g., pixels of pictures and picture output orders of postprocesseddecoded video data under test 140 and reference postprocessed decodedvideo data 142 match identically, or are within a certain degree oftolerance (e.g., per the predefined threshold error discussed above).Thus, standards compliance device 120 may determine that video decoderunder test 122 is compliant with the relevant video coding standard forwhich reference video decoder 126 is a model video decoder.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating another example standardscompliance device 150 that determines whether a video decoder under test152 complies with a particular video coding standard, or a particularprofile of a video coding standard. To conform, a video decoder mustdecode a video bitstream for a particular video coding standard(potentially also for a particular profile of the video coding standard,such as the HDR profile of HEVC), and in doing so, produce the samesample values for each pixel position in the output pictures afterpostprocessing using a look-up table as obtained after application ofthe look-up table to the output of a reference video decoder (e.g., theHRD).

In this example, standards compliance device 150 includes video decoderunder test 152, postprocessing unit 154 including look-up table 156,reference video decoder 162, postprocessing unit 164 including look-uptable 166, and comparison unit 172. Although shown within a singlestandards compliance device 150, it should be understood that in otherexamples, video decoder under test 152, reference video decoder 162, andcomparison unit 172 may correspond to separate devices.

In this example, video decoder under test 152 and reference videodecoder 162 both receive the same input. Reference video decoder 162represents a model video decoder for a particular video coding standard.Both video decoder under test 152 and reference video decoder 162receive a video bitstream including one or more SEI messages includingpostprocessing data. The SEI messages may include, for example,upsampling coefficients to be used to upsample 4:2:0 format video datato a 4:4:4 format, inverse quantization data for increasing values to aparticular bit depth, and data to be used when converting between colorspaces (e.g., from YUV to RGB).

In this example, video decoder under test 152 decodes video data of thereceived video bitstream. Video decoder under test 152 passes decodedvideo data 176 (which may also be cropped) to postprocessing unit 154.In addition, video decoder under test 152 extracts the postprocessingdata from the SEI messages and passes postprocessing data 174 topostprocessing unit 154. Postprocessing unit 154 constructs look-uptable 156 using postprocessing data 174, and then postprocesses decodedvideo data 176 using look-up table 156. For example, look-up table 156may store upsampling coefficients that postprocessing unit 154 appliesto upsample 4:2:0 video data to 4:4:4 video data. Postprocessing data174 may also include upsampling data to be used when upsamplingindividual samples to a particular bit depth (e.g., during inversequantization). Thus, upsampling unit 158 may apply the upsampling datato the 4:4:4 video data. Moreover, postprocessing data 174 may includecoefficients used to convert data in a luminance and chrominance colorspace (e.g., a YUV color space) to a red-green-blue (RGB) color space.Thus, YUV to RGB unit 160 may apply these coefficients when convertingthe inverse quantized samples from YUV to RGB, to produce postprocesseddecoded video data under test 178.

Similarly, reference video decoder 162 decodes video data of thereceived video bitstream. Reference video decoder 162 passes decodedvideo data 182 (which may also be cropped) to postprocessing unit 164.In addition, reference video decoder 162 extracts the postprocessingdata from the SEI message and passes postprocessing data 180 topostprocessing unit 164. Postprocessing unit 164 constructs look-uptable 166 using postprocessing data 180, and then postprocesses decodedvideo data 182 using look-up table 166. For example, look-up table 166may store upsampling coefficients that postprocessing unit 164 appliesto upsample 4:2:0 video data to 4:4:4 video data. Postprocessing data180 may also include upsampling data to be used when upsamplingindividual samples to a particular bit depth (e.g., during inversequantization). Thus, upsampling unit 168 may apply the upsampling datato the 4:4:4 video data. Moreover, postprocessing data 180 may includecoefficients used to convert data in a luminance and chrominance colorspace (e.g., a YUV color space) to a red-green-blue (RGB) color space.Thus, YUV to RGB unit 170 may apply these coefficients when convertingthe inverse quantized samples from YUV to RGB, to produce referencepostprocessed decoded video data 184.

Comparison unit 172 then compares postprocessed decoded video data undertest 178 to reference postprocessed decoded video data 184. In someexamples, this comparison may include determining whether pixels ofpictures and picture output orders of postprocessed decoded video dataunder test 178 and reference postprocessed decoded video data 184 matchidentically. In some examples, this comparison may allow for a certainmargin of error (e.g., a predefined threshold error) between pixels ofpictures of postprocessed decoded video data under test 178 andreference postprocessed decoded video data 184. In any case, comparisonunit 172 may determine that of postprocessed decoded video data undertest 178 matches reference postprocessed decoded video data 184 when,e.g., pixels of pictures and picture output orders of postprocesseddecoded video data under test 178 and reference postprocessed decodedvideo data 184 match identically, or are within a certain degree oftolerance (e.g., per the predefined threshold error discussed above).Thus, standards compliance device 150 may determine that video decoderunder test 152 is compliant with the relevant video coding standard forwhich reference video decoder 162 is a model video decoder.

Further profiles of HDR may be defined based on additional steps thatare specified to test the conformance points. For instance, a decoderconformant to a certain profile of HDR shall produce the same samplevalues as generated by a HRD of video codec followed by the steps thatinclude, but not limited to, look-up table, up-sampling, colourconversion, inverse quantization, and application of EOTF.

There are several features that are desirable for various HDR profiles,and also define some HDR profiles. One or more of these features may beincluded independently or in combination for the specification of aprofile.

-   -   1. Nested HDR conformance points: more than one conformance        points are defined in different parts of the HDR chain and        decoders can be conformant to one or multiple point(s) in the        chain:        -   For example, FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of a process            including multiple conformance points (CPs). In this            example, there is an HEVC decoding process 200. The first            conformance point (CP 202) is defined right after the HEVC            decoding process 200. The second CP 208 is after the 4:2:0            to 4:4:4 upsampling process 206 (which itself accepts HDR            data 204). The third CP 214 is after an inverse quantization            process 212, which operates on HDR data 210. The last            conformance point, CP 220, is defined at the end of the            chain following EOTF process 218, which operates on HDR data            216 (in the 4:4:4, RGB, floating point domain). The result            of EOTF process 218 is HDR data 222, which may be said to            conform if this data matches reference data at CP 224 (and            all other conformance points have been passed).        -   Then, a decoder is conforming to the HDR profile up to one            of multiple point(s) in the chain. In FIG. 9, the decoder is            conformed at CP 202 if the output is the same as the HRD            output right after the decoder. A decoder has complete            conformance (end-to-end) if it generates the same output as            HRD data 222 at the end of the postprocessing chain (CP 224            in FIG. 9). The conformance tests for nested conformance is            easily extendable from the examples shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.            8.        -   Therefore, a decoder that conforms to a particular HDR            profile at a given tier and level correctly decodes all            bitstreams conforming to the tier, level or profile and            produces numerically identical cropped decoded output            pictures at (a) certain conforming point(s); the decoder is            not necessarily using the specified decoding process after            the specified point(s), neither does it produce numerically            identical cropped decoded output pictures to those produced            by the process specified herein after the conforming            point(s).    -   2. Some alternatives refer to (standardize) a floating point        standard (e.g. IEEE 754-2008) for floating point arithmetic and        up-sampling filters in the HEVC specification (or other        specifications) for the steps subsequent to the decoder.        -   Alternatively, the up-sampling filters signaled in an SEI            message (e.g. resample filter hint SEI message) is used to            define conformance.    -   3. Core HDR: HDR postprocessing is defined in the decoder output        bit-depth domain (or output bit-depth plus some amount), in the        same color space and in the same chroma format.        -   Postprocessing (e.g., adaptive reshaping or dynamic range            adjustment, color management) specified decoder output            domain.        -   Color conversion and TF is signaled in the VUI: these steps            could be done in the floating point domain, but not part of            the standard itself with a conforming point.        -   Conversion from 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 not standardized: Up-sampling            filter remains undefined in this process, that is, not part            of the standard.        -   In this way, the current conformance definition would remain            unchanged from the HEVC (or other codec) conformance, except            perhaps for additional processing that does not change the            output bit depth, colour space or chroma format.    -   4. Like 2, but force the color transform to be in the codec        output bit-depth        -   For example, using the YCgCo color space able to operate in            fixed-integer accuracy almost without losses.    -   5. Conditional conformance for the 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 conversion        -   a) HDR HEVC recommends an up-sampling filter (or signaled            using the ‘Chroma Resampling Hint SEI’)        -   b) The conformance is conditioned to the decoder using the            filter in a) above.        -   c) If that filter is used, the decoder output should match            the HRD output (conformance).        -   d) However, the usage of the filter is not required            (‘should’ instead of    -   6. Approximate conformance for HDR, in which the decoder        (including normative postprocessing) output is not bit-exact but        within a range of the HRD output        -   ‘Within range’ of the HRD output is defined in terms of            relative error or absolute error in the output domain. In            some alternatives, an additional step is included to convert            the floating data to integer/fixed-point domain (maybe            applying again a TF) and the conformance is assessed at that            next point.        -   This is possible because the HDR output is not fed back to            the decoder (no feedback loop of the decoded errors) so            there would be no drift.    -   7. The semantics of the postprocessing chain (e.g. semantics of        the processes defined by the SEI messages) is changed to be in        the fixed point arithmetic and target bit depth. In this way, a        conformance point can be assured.    -   8. Standardize a look-up table for each component at the output        that will be applied directly on the cropped decoded pictures.        The coefficients needed to specify the look up table are        signaled as part of the metadata or an SEI message, and the        look-up process is defined as defined by the semantics of the        SEI message or the metadata. Alternatively, the look-up table        for each component is applied on cropped decoded pictures after        the application of processes specified by a second SEI message.

Combinations of one or more of the above solutions are possible. Forexample, the up-sampling filter could be fixed, but approximateconformance still required due to the floating point arithmetic of someof the remaining processing blocks.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example method in accordance withthe techniques of this disclosure. The method of FIG. 10 may beperformed by, for example, destination device 14 of FIG. 1, standardscompliance device 120 of FIG. 7, or standards compliance device 150 ofFIG. 8. For purposes of example, the method of FIG. 10 is explained withrespect to destination device 14 of FIG. 1 and the various examplecomponents thereof (e.g., as discussed with respect to FIGS. 3 and 5)

Initially, video decoder 30 decodes video data of a bitstream (250). Itis presumed, in this example, that the bitstream includes one or moreSEI messages that specify postprocessing data. For example, thebitstream may include one or more of a component scaling SEI message, acolor remapping information SEI, or a dynamic range adjustment SEImessage, or other such SEI messages including additional or alternativepostprocessing data. Video decoder 30 also extracts the SEI messagesfrom the bitstream (252) and extracts the postprocessing data from theSEI messages (254). Video decoder 30 then sends the decoded video dataand the postprocessing data to one or more postprocessing units, such asvideo postprocessor unit 31 (FIG. 1) (256).

Video postprocessor unit 31 then postprocesses the decoded video data(258) using the postprocessing data received from video decoder 30. Forexample, video postprocessor unit 31 (in particular, 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 unit62 of FIG. 3) may upsample the decoded video data from a 4:2:0 chromaformat to a 4:4:4 chroma format using the postprocessing data (e.g.,extracted from a component scaling SEI message). Additionally oralternatively, inverse quantization 10 b unit 64 of FIG. 3 may addprecision to (that is, inverse quantize) the pixel values of the decodedvideo data using the postprocessing data (e.g., extracted from a dynamicrange adjustment SEI message. Additionally or alternatively, Y′CbCr toR′G′B′ Unit 66 may convert the video data from a luminance andchrominance color space (e.g., Y′CbCr) to a red-green-blue (RGB) colorspace, e.g., using the postprocessing data (which may be extracted froma color remapping information SEI message). Additionally oralternatively, EOTF unit 68 may execute an EOTF function on the decodedvideo data using the postprocessing data. Video postprocessor unit 31may then output the processed decoded video data (260).

Furthermore, the output processed decoded video data may be tested todetermine whether the video decoder (e.g., video decoder 30, in thisexample) complies with an applicable video decoding standard. Inparticular, steps 250-260 of FIG. 10 may be performed by a video decoderunder test, such as video decoders under test 122, 152 of FIGS. 7, 8,respectively. In addition, steps 250-260 of FIG. 10 may also beperformed by a reference video decoder, such as reference video decoders126, 162 of FIGS. 7, 8, respectively. Then, a comparison unit, such ascomparison unit 130, 172 of FIGS. 7, 8, respectively, may compare theoutputs of the video decoder under test with the output of the referencevideo decoder (262) to determine whether the outputs match. Thecomparison may be performed at any of a variety of conformance points,such as CPs 202, 208, 214, 220, and/or 224 of FIG. 9. The comparisonunit may determine one or more of the conformance points to which thevideo decoder under test is said to conform, based on whether the outputof the video decoder under test matches the corresponding output of thereference video decoder at that conformance point. The box around step262 is illustrated using a dashed line to indicate that this step isoptional, as the techniques of this disclosure may also be appliedduring the normal course of video decoding and postprocessing, and arenot necessarily limited to scenarios in which the output is tested forconformance with a standard.

It is to be recognized that depending on the example, certain acts orevents of any of the techniques described herein can be performed in adifferent sequence, may be added, merged, or left out altogether (e.g.,not all described acts or events are necessary for the practice of thetechniques). Moreover, in certain examples, acts or events may beperformed concurrently, e.g., through multi-threaded processing,interrupt processing, or multiple processors, rather than sequentially.

In one or more examples, the functions described may be implemented inhardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implementedin software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as oneor more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium and executedby a hardware-based processing unit. Computer-readable media may includecomputer-readable storage media, which corresponds to a tangible mediumsuch as data storage media, or communication media including any mediumthat facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place toanother, e.g., according to a communication protocol. In this manner,computer-readable media generally may correspond to (1) tangiblecomputer-readable storage media which is non-transitory or (2) acommunication medium such as a signal or carrier wave. Data storagemedia may be any available media that can be accessed by one or morecomputers or one or more processors to retrieve instructions, codeand/or data structures for implementation of the techniques described inthis disclosure. A computer program product may include acomputer-readable medium.

By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable storagemedia can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical diskstorage, magnetic disk storage, or other magnetic storage devices, flashmemory, or any other medium that can be used to store desired programcode in the form of instructions or data structures and that can beaccessed by a computer. Also, any connection is properly termed acomputer-readable medium. For example, if instructions are transmittedfrom a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable,fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), orwireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then thecoaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wirelesstechnologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in thedefinition of medium. It should be understood, however, thatcomputer-readable storage media and data storage media do not includeconnections, carrier waves, signals, or other transitory media, but areinstead directed to non-transitory, tangible storage media. Disk anddisc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, opticaldisc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc, wheredisks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce dataoptically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be includedwithin the scope of computer-readable media.

Instructions may be executed by one or more processors, such as one ormore digital signal processors (DSPs), general purpose microprocessors,application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmablelogic arrays (FPGAs), or other equivalent integrated or discrete logiccircuitry. Accordingly, the term “processor,” as used herein may referto any of the foregoing structure or any other structure suitable forimplementation of the techniques described herein. In addition, in someaspects, the functionality described herein may be provided withindedicated hardware and/or software modules configured for encoding anddecoding, or incorporated in a combined codec. Also, the techniquescould be fully implemented in one or more circuits or logic elements.

The techniques of this disclosure may be implemented in a wide varietyof devices or apparatuses, including a wireless handset, an integratedcircuit (IC) or a set of ICs (e.g., a chip set). Various components,modules, or units are described in this disclosure to emphasizefunctional aspects of devices configured to perform the disclosedtechniques, but do not necessarily require realization by differenthardware units. Rather, as described above, various units may becombined in a codec hardware unit or provided by a collection ofinteroperative hardware units, including one or more processors asdescribed above, in conjunction with suitable software and/or firmware.

Various examples have been described. These and other examples arewithin the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of processing decoded video data, themethod comprising: decoding, by a video decoder, video data of a videobitstream according to a video coding standard, the video bitstreamincluding a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message includinghigh dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data for the decoded video data;extracting, by the video decoder, the HDR postprocessing data from theSEI message; providing, by the video decoder, the decoded video data andthe HDR postprocessing data to a postprocessing unit; and processing, bythe postprocessing unit, the decoded video data using the HDRpostprocessing data according to the video coding standard.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises look-uptable coefficients for upsampling the decoded video data, and whereinprocessing the decoded video data comprises upsampling, by thepostprocessing unit, the decoded video data using the look-up tablecoefficients.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the SEI messagecomprises a Chroma Resampling Hint SEI message.
 4. The method of claim1, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises inverse quantizationdata for inverse quantizing the decoded video data, and whereinprocessing the decoded video data comprises inverse quantizing, by thepostprocessing unit, the decoded video data using the inversequantization data.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the HDRpostprocessing data comprises color transformation data for transformingthe decoded video data from a luminance and chrominance color space to ared-green-blue color space, and wherein processing the decoded videodata comprises transforming, by the postprocessing unit, the decodedvideo data from the luminance and chrominance color space to thered-green-blue color space using the color transformation data.
 6. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprisestransfer function data defining an electro-optical transfer function onthe decoded video data, and wherein processing the decoded video datacomprises executing, by the postprocessing unit, the electro-opticaltransfer function on the decoded video data.
 7. The method of claim 1,wherein the video decoder comprises a video decoder under test, whereinthe decoded video data comprises decoded video data under test, andwherein the postprocessing unit comprises a postprocessing unit undertest, the method further comprising: decoding, by a reference decoder,the video data of the video bitstream to form reference decoded videodata, the reference decoder conforming to the video coding standard;processing, by a reference postprocessing unit, the reference decodedvideo data using the HDR postprocessing data to form reference processeddecoded video data; and determining that the video decoder under testand the postprocessing unit under test conform to the video codingstandard when the processed decoded video data under test matches thereference processed decoded video data.
 8. The method of claim 7,wherein processing the decoded video data under test comprises at leastone of upsampling the decoded video data under test, inverse quantizingthe decoded video data under test, transforming the decoded video dataunder test from a luminance and chrominance color space to ared-green-blue color space, or executing an electro-optical transferfunction on the decoded video data on the decoded video data under test.9. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining that theprocessed decoded video data under test matches the reference processeddecoded video data when the processed decoded video data under test hasvalues within a predetermined range of corresponding values of thereference processed decoded video data.
 10. The method of claim 7,wherein the postprocessing unit under test comprises a firstpostprocessing unit under test of a plurality of postprocessing unitsunder test, wherein the reference postprocessing unit comprises a firstreference postprocessing unit of a plurality of reference postprocessingunits, each of the postprocessing units under test corresponding to oneof the reference postprocessing units, wherein postprocessing, by thefirst postprocessing unit under test, the decoded video data under testfurther comprises postprocessing, by each of the postprocessing unitsunder test, the decoded video data under test using the HDRpostprocessing data according to the video coding standard, whereinpostprocessing, by the first reference postprocessing unit, furthercomprises postprocessing, by each of the reference postprocessing units,the reference video data using the HDR postprocessing data, and whereindetermining that the video decoder under test and the postprocessingunit under test conform to the video coding standard comprisesdetermining that the video decoder under test and each of thepostprocessing units under test conform to the video coding standardwhen the processed decoded video data under test output by each of thepostprocessing units under test matches the reference processed decodedvideo data output by the corresponding reference postprocessing units.11. A device for processing decoded video data, the device comprising: amemory configured to store video data of a video bitstream, the videobitstream including a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) messageincluding high dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data for the decodedvideo data; a video decoder implemented by one or more hardware-basedprocessing units comprising digital logic circuitry; and apostprocessing unit implemented by one or more hardware-based processingunits comprising digital logic circuitry, the video decoder beingconfigured to: decode the video data according to a video codingstandard; extract the HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message; andprovide the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessing data to thepostprocessing unit, and the postprocessing unit being configured toprocess the decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing dataaccording to the video coding standard.
 12. The device of claim 11,wherein the postprocessing unit comprises a chroma upsampling unit,wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises look-up table coefficientsfor upsampling the decoded video data, and wherein the chroma upsamplingunit is configured to upsample the decoded video data using the look-uptable coefficients.
 13. The device of claim 11, wherein thepostprocessing unit comprises an inverse quantization unit, wherein theHDR postprocessing data comprises inverse quantization data for inversequantizing the decoded video data, and wherein the inverse quantizationunit is configured to inverse quantize the decoded video data using theinverse quantization data.
 14. The device of claim 11, wherein the HDRpostprocessing data comprises color transformation data for transformingthe decoded video data from a luminance and chrominance color space to ared-green-blue color space, and wherein processing the decoded videodata comprises transforming, by the postprocessing unit, the decodedvideo data from the luminance and chrominance color space to thered-green-blue color space using the color transformation data.
 15. Thedevice of claim 11, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprisestransfer function data defining an electro-optical transfer function onthe decoded video data, and wherein processing the decoded video datacomprises executing, by the postprocessing unit, the electro-opticaltransfer function on the decoded video data.
 16. The device of claim 11,wherein the video decoder comprises a video decoder under test, whereinthe decoded video data comprises decoded video data under test, andwherein the postprocessing unit comprises a postprocessing unit undertest, the device further comprising: a reference decoder configured todecode the video data of the video bitstream to form reference decodedvideo data, the reference decoder conforming to the video codingstandard; a reference postprocessing unit configured to process thereference decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing data to formreference processed decoded video data; and a standard compliance unitconfigured to determine that the video decoder under test and thepostprocessing unit under test conform to the video coding standard whenthe processed decoded video data under test matches the referenceprocessed decoded video data.
 17. A device for processing decoded videodata, the device comprising: means for decoding video data of a videobitstream according to a video coding standard, the video bitstreamincluding a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message includinghigh dynamic range (HDR) postprocessing data for the decoded video data;means for extracting the HDR postprocessing data from the SEI message;means for providing the decoded video data and the HDR postprocessingdata to postprocessing means; and the postprocessing means forprocessing the decoded video data using the HDR postprocessing dataaccording to the video coding standard.
 18. The device of claim 17,wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises look-up table coefficientsfor upsampling the decoded video data, and wherein processing thedecoded video data comprises upsampling, by the postprocessing unit, thedecoded video data using the look-up table coefficients.
 19. The deviceof claim 17, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises inversequantization data for inverse quantizing the decoded video data, andwherein processing the decoded video data comprises inverse quantizing,by the postprocessing unit, the decoded video data using the inversequantization data.
 20. The device of claim 17, wherein the HDRpostprocessing data comprises color transformation data for transformingthe decoded video data from a luminance and chrominance color space to ared-green-blue color space, and wherein processing the decoded videodata comprises transforming, by the postprocessing unit, the decodedvideo data from the luminance and chrominance color space to thered-green-blue color space using the color transformation data.
 21. Thedevice of claim 17, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprisestransfer function data defining an electro-optical transfer function onthe decoded video data, and wherein processing the decoded video datacomprises executing, by the postprocessing unit, the electro-opticaltransfer function on the decoded video data.
 22. The device of claim 17,wherein the means for decoding comprises a video decoder under test,wherein the decoded video data comprises decoded video data under test,further comprising: second means for decoding the video data of thevideo bitstream to form reference decoded video data, the second meansfor decoding conforming to the video coding standard; secondpostprocessing means for processing the reference decoded video datausing the HDR postprocessing data to form reference processed decodedvideo data; and means for determining that the video decoder under testconforms to the video coding standard when the processed decoded videodata under test matches the reference processed decoded video data. 23.A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructionsthat, when executed: cause first one or more processors executing avideo decoder to: decode video data of a video bitstream according to avideo coding standard, the video bitstream including a supplementalenhancement information (SEI) message including high dynamic range (HDR)postprocessing data for the decoded video data; extract the HDRpostprocessing data from the SEI message; and provide the decoded videodata and the HDR postprocessing data to a postprocessing unit executedby second one or more processors; and cause the second one or moreprocessors executing the postprocessing unit to process the decodedvideo data using the HDR postprocessing data according to the videocoding standard.
 24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23,wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises look-up table coefficientsfor upsampling the decoded video data, and wherein the instructions thatcause the second one or more processors to process the decoded videodata comprise instructions that cause the second one or more processorsto upsample the decoded video data using the look-up table coefficients.25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the HDRpostprocessing data comprises inverse quantization data for inversequantizing the decoded video data, and wherein the instructions thatcause the second one or more processors to process the decoded videodata comprise instructions that cause the second one or more processorsto inverse quantize the decoded video data using the inversequantization data.
 26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23,wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises color transformation datafor transforming the decoded video data from a luminance and chrominancecolor space to a red-green-blue color space, and wherein theinstructions that cause the second one or more processors to process thedecoded video data comprise instructions that cause the second one ormore processors to transform the decoded video data from the luminanceand chrominance color space to the red-green-blue color space using thecolor transformation data.
 27. The computer-readable storage medium ofclaim 23, wherein the HDR postprocessing data comprises transferfunction data defining an electro-optical transfer function on thedecoded video data, and wherein the instructions that cause the secondone or more processors to process the decoded video data compriseinstructions that cause the second one or more processors to execute theelectro-optical transfer function on the decoded video data.
 28. Thecomputer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the video decodercomprises a video decoder under test, wherein the decoded video datacomprises decoded video data under test, further comprising instructionsthat: cause third one or more processors executing a reference decoderto decode the video data of the video bitstream to form referencedecoded video data, the reference decoder conforming to the video codingstandard, cause fourth one or more processors executing a secondpostprocessing unit to process the reference decoded video data usingthe HDR postprocessing data to form reference processed decoded videodata; and cause fifth one or more processors to determine that the videodecoder under test conforms to the video coding standard when theprocessed decoded video data under test matches the reference processeddecoded video data.